Nikołaj Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Nikołaj Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nikołaj Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland271:1,407,73183,680
England11:55,718,059489,080

Nikołaj Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nikołaj Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Nikołaj is most common in Poland. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nikołaj? popularity and diffusion

Nikołaj is the 3,730,171st most frequently held family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Nikołaj are found; 96 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 96 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Poland, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 1,407,731. Aside from Poland Nikołaj occurs in one country. It is also found in England, where 4 percent live.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Nikołaj
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